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Tanya

She's 8. A boy was teasing her on the bus yesterday afternoon. He was saying stuff like "Is so and so your boyfriend?" She says she turned around, looked straight at him and said, "What an interesting assumption." The boy was quiet for awhile and then said, "What does that even mean?" She told him he needed to figure it out for himself and he was still puzzling it out when the bus reached her stop. He may not have known what it meant, but it ended that episode of teasing.

She's 8. A boy was teasing her on the bus yesterday afternoon. He was saying stuff like "Is so and so your boyfriend?" She says she turned around, looked straight at him and said, "What an interesting assumption." The boy was quiet for awhile and then said, "What does that even mean?" She told him he needed to figure it out for himself and he was still puzzling it out when the bus reached her stop. He may not have known what it meant, but it ended that episode of teasing.

I get that she's eight and all and was being teased, but how is a straightforward question an assumption?

She's 8! The point is that she handled the situation without getting upset or getting into trouble. Who cares if it doesn't quite match the question? Does it really matter?

That sounded kinda hostile. Perhaps there's a misunderstanding?

It's cool that she learned the phrase, but sasha was merely pointing out that she used it inappropriately. How else will she learn to use it appropriately if it's not pointed out to her when she doesnt (and when she does as well)? Also, you specifically posted in this folder (rather than the family and children folder, or cuteliness beyond belief folder) which is meant to showcase the use of this phrase.

That's totally fair game in the forum - especially since it's in the rules that if you cant handle people pointing contrary opinions out, then you shouldnt really be posting, and there's a thread in this very folder about using the phrase appropriately.

So all in all, your daughter is good for handling the situation without getting upset or getting into trouble, and sasha is good for pointing out an inappropriate use of the phrase. I am sure you'll get plenty more posts on both topics

« Last Edit: October 04, 2007, 01:20:16 PM by rdge »

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I think your DD did a great job. Now it's up to you to teach her the correct usage of 'assumption', lol! I know when I was her age I was using a lot of words I didn't quite understand

That's so awesome that she deflected him like that. I'd be proud too

Editing to add perhaps the conversation wasn't relayed accurately to the OP. If I remember correctly, most 8 year old boys don't casually say "So is John your boyfriend?". They say things like "Jane looooovveeees John. They're gunna kiss! Jane has a boyfriend and she's in looooooove!" If that were in fact the case, 'That's an interesting assumption" would be correct. Just sayin'.

freakyfemme

I think your DD did a great job. Now it's up to you to teach her the correct usage of 'assumption', lol! I know when I was her age I was using a lot of words I didn't quite understand

That's so awesome that she deflected him like that. I'd be proud too

Editing to add perhaps the conversation wasn't relayed accurately to the OP. If I remember correctly, most 8 year old boys don't casually say "So is John your boyfriend?". They say things like "Jane looooovveeees John. They're gunna kiss! Jane has a boyfriend and she's in looooooove!" If that were in fact the case, 'That's an interesting assumption" would be correct. Just sayin'.

Yeah, and it doesn't take much to bring on those kinds of comments. At eight years old, if Jane and John, say, swing on the swings next to each other at recess, they're "going out," and if they sit together at lunch time, they're "married," lol.

I can guarantee you that the 8 yr old boys I now see at the bus stop with my siblings would not casually ask the question. I realize they aren't representative of all 8 yr old boys, but at least it's more than just one. Considering that they're trying to give me (at 27) a hard time about a boyfriend, I can see how it would be an assumption from an 8 yr old as opposed to a question.

Sometimes when "what an interesting assumption" doesn't quite work because the person didn't really make an assumption, a good response is "what an interesting question" or "what an odd thing for you to ask me."